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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1893
Page
8
Dense OCR led a chaos of calamities across the United States. Reports detail deinking poisonings, theater disaster inquiries, the Ford's Theatre tragedy, bank closures in Milwaukee and Louisville, forest fires, wrecks, and multiple corporate failures. The piece couples violent events with financial instability and labor unrest, naming numerous banks, places, and incidents.
The article lists weekly baseball percentages for multiple National League clubs including Moston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cleveland Brooklyn and others. It also reports Grandma Hernon dying at 103 near Lincoln Illinois, drownings of Crank I Mercy and Miss Fannie Barlow in Rock Island, and a string of incidents from a cranberry bog fire to a robbery in Wichita and a fatal mob execution in Chiston.
Comptroller of the Currency reports April to July 1914 a number of banks failed or closed but most resumed operations or remained solvent. Only a few failures occurred in New York and Chicago due to mismanagement, while many banks in centers like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and St. Louis reopened. The overall system shows resilience with widespread resumptions and continued functioning of national banks nationwide. The report notes declines in bank reserves and gold imports but stresses stability and confidence as a majority of banks remain solvent and reopen after temporary closures.
Albany July 1898 two Italian women in Wates County requested aid as they face social and legal pressure. The letter asks for help to defend their right to wear men’s clothes, noting intrusion and lack of publication of their names. The document seeks guidance on resisting authorities and preserving dignity amid pressure.
A long, garbled report on opening days and attendance at the World’s Fair in Jackson Park. It notes gate receipts, admission vs passes, and May to June totals, with figures for June and July, and mentions official expenditures, revenues, and a preliminary report by William J. Ackermann. A Denver item reports relief efforts for the unemployed, camp relief at River Front Park, shelter tents, and crowd scene at East Denver union yards with thousands leaving by train.
Dr James Cunningham Matchelor, eminent Freemason and former grand commander of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, died in Washington. His remains will lie in state at New Greens, with services planned, as Lt. Cmdr. Philip Crosby Luuker of Galveston stands to succeed him until the supreme council meets in St. Louis next October.
At 4:30 PM on July 29 a fire on the south side of Pittsburgh, Pa, killed Magey Mitchell, 18, and Joseph Trussell, 25, with Charles McDonald and an unknown peddler seriously burned. An explosion from a stove finish caused the blaze, scattering liquid and embers that ignited clothing. The scene involved a collapsed structure and widespread damage as rescuers battled the flames.
Reports from Coruna province indicate 40 people attacked by a suspected Asiatic cholera outbreak in the El Indy district. In the last few days twelve fatalities are confirmed, with authorities awaiting official confirmation of the disease. The situation is described as suspiciously sick with widespread illness among residents.
Donald Kennedy of Roxbury Massachusetts claims a universal remedy cures every kind of humor from scrofula to pimples. He cites over eleven hundred cases with two failures between thunder humor and notes nearly two hundred certificates within twenty miles of Boston. The label urges a tablespoonful in water at bedtime with no diet change.
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